Call to make P reside test part of house WOF / National NZ Herald

Call to make P residue test part of house WOF
5:30 AM Friday Feb 7, 2014 NZ Herald
Phil Gregg of Tauranga-based Sustainability Options, who has tested 12 Tauranga rentals against the checklist, said all but one house failed, mainly because of poor insulation.
A leading group in the campaign against methamphetamine use says a planned rental housing warrant of fitness should test whether a house has been used as a P-lab.
The Auckland Regional Methamphetamine Working Group, which includes official agencies, drug experts and social services, says all homes should be tested for P residues when they are put up for rent or sale.
A member of the group, Meth Solutions director Miles Stratford, estimates that about 8000 homes are being used to manufacture methamphetamine at any time, and that thousands more properties have been used to make the drug in the past as drug users move from house to house.